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FAC4:
Blues date set

Newcastle will meet League One leaders Birmingham City at St.Andrews in the Fourth Round of the FA Cup on Saturday February 8th at 5.45pm.

The tie will be live on BBC1 and a result must be achieved on the night during 90 minutes, 30 minutes extra time or penalties.

Fourth Round:

Fri 07.02.2025:
Manchester United v Leicester City (8pm) ITV1

Sat 08.02.2025:
Leeds United v Millwall (12.15pm) 
Leyton Orient v Manchester City (12.15pm) BBC1
Coventry City v Ipswich Town (3pm)
Everton v Bournemouth (3pm)
Preston North End v Wycombe Wanderers (3pm)
Southampton v Burnley (3pm)
Stoke City v Cardiff City (3pm)
Wigan Athletic v Fulham (3pm)
Birmingham City v Newcastle (5.45pm) BBC1
Brighton & Hove Albion v Chelsea (8pm) ITV4

Sun 09.02.2025:
Blackburn Rovers v Wolves (12.30pm) iPlayer
Plymouth Argyle v Liverpool (3pm) ITV1
Aston Villa v Spurs (5.35pm) BBC1

Mon 10.02.2025:
Doncaster Rovers v Crystal Palace (7.45pm) iPlayer

Tue 11.02.2025:
Exeter City v Nottingham Forest (8pm) ITV1

2024/25:
Liverpool (a) confirmed

Ahead of the March Premier League fixture alterations for live TV, Newcastle's visit to Anfield next month has been confirmed as follows:

Wed 26.02.2025 Liverpool (a) 8.15pm TNT

2024/25:
Bournemouth (h)

The Magpies host the Cherries at Gallowgate in the Premier League on Saturday.

It's a 12.30pm kick-off, live on TNT Sports.

Team: Fabian Schar should be available after missing Wednesday's victory over Wolves due to illness.

Harvey Barnes, Callum Wilson, Jamaal Lascelles and Nick Pope remain out. A provisional return date of the Arsenal Carabao Cup tie next month has emerged for Wilson while Pope could be in contention for the Premier League visit to Southampton on Saturday week.

The departure of Miggy Almiron looks likely, but he may still be in Saturday's matchday squad.

Coral rate this game as follows:

NUFC win 13/20
The draw 16/5
AFCB win 19/5

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AFCB: Andoni Iraola's squad has been affected by injuries to forward duo Evanilson and Enes Unal, sidelining both for the immediate future.

Bournemouth have recalled former Sheffield United striker Daniel Jebbison from his loan at Watford, while Max Aarons has moved on loan to Valencia.

Ahead of their trip to Tyneside, Bournemouth drew 2-2 with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in the PL on Tuesday - extending their unbeaten run in league and cup matches to ten games.

Justin Kluivert - son of former Mag Patrick - has scored seven PL goals this season, six of them coming from the penalty spot.

Referee: Stuart Attwell - second appointment of the season involving Newcastle after the 4-0 victory at Ipswich Town. The Nuneaton official's most recent fixture at Gallowgate was the 1-0 win over Arsenal during November 2023.

VAR: Peter Bankes

Latest PL fixtures:

Sat 18.01.2025:
Newcastle v Bournemouth (12.30pm) TNT
Brentford v Liverpool (3pm)
Leicester City v Fulham (3pm)
West Ham v Crystal Palace (3pm)
Arsenal v Aston Villa (5.30pm) Sky

Sun 19.01.2025:
Everton v Spurs (2pm) Sky
Manchester United v Brighton & Hove Albion (2pm)
Nottingham Forest v Southampton (2pm)
Ipswich Town v Manchester City (4.30pm) Sky

Mon 20.01.2025:
Chelsea v Wolves (8pm) Sky

UK TV: Live on TNT Sports

The game will be shown live at WonderBar in The Gate, which opens at 10am.

City centre bars with live TV coverage include:

Frate in the Bigg Market
The Dog & Parrot on Clayton Street West
The Prince on Pudding Chare

Overseas TV:
221 Hub Premier 1 (Singapore)
620/621 Now Premier League (Hong Kong)
Amazon Prime Video (Denmark/Sweden)
Amazon Prime Video (Mexico)
Arena 1 Premium (Macedonia/Serbia)
Arena Sport 1 (Bosnia/Croatia)
Astro Premier League 2/Go/Grandstand (Malaysia)
beIN Connect MENA HD
beIN Sports MENA English 1 HD
Canal+ Live 1/Foot/Premier League (France)
Canal+ Sport (Cz/Slov)
Claro TV+ (Brazil)
Cytavision Sports 3 HD/On the Go (Cyprus)
DAZN/1 Spain
DAZN/Eleven HD (Portugal)
Digi Sport 2 Romania/Digi Online
Disney+ Arg/Bra/Chi/Sur
Disney+ Caribbean
Disney+ Hotstar (India)
DStv Now (South Africa)
eltaott.tv (Taiwan)
ESPN Brazil/Chile
ESPN2 Caribbean
FAST TV (Armenia)
Fox Sports Premium (Mexico)
fuboTV (USA)
Fubo Sports Network Canada/fuboTV (Canada)
Go3 Extra Sports Est/Lat/Lit
iQiyi (China)
JioTV (India)
MAXtv To Go (Croatia)
Migu (China)
Moja TV (Bosnia)
Movistar+ (Spain)
M Plus Live (Hong Kong)
myCANAL (France)
NBC Sports App (USA)
Nova Sports Premier League (Greece)
Now E/Player (Hong Kong)
ON Plus (Vietnam)
Optus Sport (Australia) 
Prima Sport 2 (Romania)
QQ Sports Live (China)
Setanta Sports 1 (Armenia/Georgia)
Showmax (South Africa)
Sky+ (Brazil)
Skylink (Slovakia)
Sky Sport NOW (New Zealand)
Sky Sport Calcio (Italy)
Sky Sport Premier Leaue/GO/WOW (Germany)
sooka (Malaysia)
Spiler1 (Hungary)
SPOTV NOW/Prime (South Korea)
StarHub TV+ (Singapore)
Sunrise TV (Switzerland)
SuperSport Maximo 1/2 HD (South Africa)
SuperSport Premier League ROA (South Africa)
Telemundo Deportes En Vivo (USA)
TOD Egypt/Saudi/Tunisia/Turkey/UAE
True ID (Thailand)
True Premier League Football HD1/2 (Thailand)
TSN2 Malta/GO TV Anywhere (Malta)
TV2 Play (Hungary)
U-NEXT (Japan)
UNIVERSO (USA)
USA Network
ViaPlay Fin/Ned/Nor/Pol HD
Vidio (Indonesia)
Vivo Play (Brazil)
V Sport 2 HD (Finland)
Zapping (Brazil)
ZhiBo8 (China)

UK Radio: Live on talkSPORT

Local Radio: Live on BBC Radio Newcastle

Stats: 

Cherries in Toon - all-time:

2023/24 drew 2-2 Gordon pen, Ritchie
2022/23 won 1-0 og (LC)
2022/23 drew 1-1 Isak (pen) (PL)
2019/20 won 2-1 Yedlin, Clark (PL)
2018/19 won 2-1 Rondon 2 (PL)
2017/18 lost 0-1 (PL)
2015/16 lost 1-3 Perez (PL)
1991/92 drew 2-2 Hunt 2 (FAC) (lost 3-4 pens)
1989/90 won 3-0 Anderson, Quinn 2 (D2)
1972/73 won 2-0 Macdonald, og (FAC)

Update:
Blues get Grant aid

Newcastle's FA Cup opponents Birmingham City have completed the free transfer signing for defender Grant Hanley from Championship outfit Norwich City.

The 33 year-old Scottish international played 17 times for the Magpies during the 2016/17 Championship -winning season including three FA Cup ties - two of which were against Birmingham City. 

Hanley didn't feature for Norwich in their Third Round tie against Brighton & Hove Albion, meaning that he's eligible to face Newcastle next month.

U21s:
Magpies beaten 

Southampton U21s  4  Newcastle U21s  2

Newcastle U21s lost their first Premier League 2 game of 2025 on Friday afternoon, beaten by Southampton at their Staplewood training facility.

Debutant goalkeeper James Taylor was beaten after six minutes by home forward Dom Ballard following a corner, but Diarmuid O'Carroll's side were level seven minutes later when Garang Kuol hit his first goal for the club.

Southampton were reduced to ten men just before the half hour mark when Derrick Abu was shown a straight red card for a foul.

However the depleted Saints then regained the lead three minutes before the interval when Moses Sesay shot home from close range.

The hosts looked to have confirmed victory when Sam Amo-Ameyaw put his side 3-1 up on 79 minutes, only for Josh Donaldson's 86th minute effort to give United a route back into the game.

The next goal crucially went to Southampton however, substitute Princewill Ehibhatiomhan on target in the closing seconds of the game. 

More to follow....

Team: Taylor, Stanton, Charlton (R.Powell 74), Bailey (Huntley 60), Heffernan, Thompson, Kuol, J.Miley, Donaldson, Al.Harrison (Harper 90+1), Emerson (Palmer 46) 
Sub n/u: Anderson.

Booked: Bailey, Charlton.

The postponement of last week's PL2 meeting with Boro meant that it was a month since the Magpies had last played competitively, defeating Chelsea 3-2.

United lined up with a completely different side from that game due to a mixture of senior call-ups and selections for Thursday night's FA Youth Cup tie. 

Defender Charlie McArthur meanwhile has joined Carlisle United on loan and midfielder Travis Hernes is off to Danes Aalborg for the remainder of the season.

There was a first U21 start for goalkeeper James Taylor, while Jamie Miley played following his loan at Newport County. Scott Bailey and Garang Kuol made PL2 debuts. while Fraser Harper came off the bench for his bow.

SFC: Bazunu, Payne, Kayi-Sanda, Moore, Abu, Bragg, O'Brien-Whitmarsh (Akachukwu 61), Sesay, Robinson (Ehibhatiomhan 82) Amo-Ameyaw, Ballard.
Subs n/u: Adli, Moore, Fry.

Booked: Kayi-Sanda, Ballard, Bragg.

Sent off: Abu

Referee: Ryan Atkin.

The Saints had restarted their season last Friday with a 5-0 home victory over Fulham.

The U21s have a rather more convenient away game on Tuesday, crossing the Tyne to face Gateshead in the National League Cup.

That's a 7.45pm start at the International Stadium and advance tickets are now on sale here

Currently sitting third in Group C with five points from three games, United need a victory in this final group game to stand any chance of progressing.

That's the first of two U21 games next week, with a PL2 home fixture against Everton scheduled to be played at Whitley Park on Friday January 24th (7pm).

U18s:
Youth Cup exit

Newcastle U18s  0  Aston Villa U18s  4

Newcastle U18s hosted Aston Villa in the FA Youth Cup Fourth Round at Whitley Park on Wednesday, but were taught a lesson in clinical finishing by the visitors.

A lightning start by Villa saw them swarm forward and Cole Brannigan shot them ahead in only the fourth minute, pouncing after Aidan Harris blocked Mason Cotcher's initial effort but the ball ran free.

With Trevan Sanusi in the side following his senior team debut against Bromley, United pushed Villa back towards their own goal but efforts from Sanusi, Sean Neave, Joe Brayson and Michael Mills all strayed off target.

And they were made to pay for their profligacy in the 35th minute, Jack McGrath curling a free-kick around the wall and low inside the post to double Villa's lead.

Another incisive counter attack four minutes before the interval brought a third goal, McGrath dashing into the box and crossing for ex-mackem youth player Cotcher to side-foot home.

Villa almost added a fourth on half time, Brannigan's shot from the edge of the box hitting the outside of the post.

Ashton McWilliams escaped with only a yellow card for a studs-up challenge on Sanusi before Brannigan lashed in his second on 71 minutes from close range, rounding off a comprehensive away win.

Team: Harris, Shahar, Cogdon (Johnson 89), Watts, Craggs, Finneran (Waddani 89), Sanusi (Taylor 89), Munda, Neave, Brayson (Alabi 46), Mills (Ferreira 67).
Subs n/u: Jones, Wooster.

Crowd: 279 including Eddie Howe.

Premier League:
It's that Mag again...

Newcastle  3  Wolves  0

Match action

Match report

U21s:
Senior Cup draw

Wednesday saw the draw for the semi-finals of the Northumberland Senior Cup staged, current holders Newcastle United U21s visiting Heaton Stannington.

The Northern Premier League Division One East side play their home games at Grounsell Park in the East End of the city, a ground United last visited back in 2014.

Morpeth Town host Ashington in the other semi, with both ties due to be played before the end of March.

Speculation:
Georgia on 
Miggy's mind? 

Wednesday's transfer rumour was a possible return to former club Atlanta United for Miguel Almiron. 

The Paraguayan who turns 31 next month is in the final 18 months of his current deal on Tyneside.

Tuesday brought claims of a bid for Lloyd Kelly from Turkish side Fenerbahce.

The 26 year-old defender joined United as a free agent last summer from Bournemouth, signing a five year deal. 

To date he's made 14 appearances in all competitions (seven starts).

FAC:
William, it was 
really something!

Newcastle  3  Bromley  1

Match action

Match report

Loan lads:
Temps 

Magpie loan watch:

Travis Hernes (AaB):
Viborg (h) Friendly, Saturday.

Isaac Hayden (Portsmouth)
Boro (h) Championship, Saturday.

Miodrag Pivas (Willem II)
Feyenoord (h) Eredivisie, Saturday.

Harrison Ashby (QPR)
Plymouth Argyle (a) Championship, Saturday.

Charlie McArthur (Carlisle United)
Bradford City (h) League Two, Saturday.

Max Thompson (Chesterfield)
Grimsby Town (a) League Two, Saturday.

Joe White (MK Dons)
Walsall (a) League Two, Saturday.

Unlikely lads:
Clarets eye Jonjo

Spotted back on Tyneside over the festive season training alongside Matty Longstaff, Jonjo Shelvey continues his quest to find a new club.

The 32 year-old former Magpie midfielder is a free agent after negotiating his release from Turkish side Eyupspor and has been on trial with Burnley in recent days.

Confirming Shelvey's presence at training, Clarets boss Scott Parker told reporters that no decision had been made as yet whether to offer Shelvey a contract.

Other ex-Mags on the move this month include:

Vurnon Anita signed for FC Volendam
Kyle Cameron loaned from Notts County to Barrow
Ryan Donaldson left Blyth Spartans, joined Ashington
Paul Dummett Wigan Athletic to Carlisle United
Lewis Gibson Plymouth Argyle to Preston North End
Grant Hanley Norwich City to Birmingham City
Loris Karius signed for Schalke 04
Islam Slimani CR Belouizdad to Westerlo

Others:

Former trialist Cedwyn Scott has made a permanent switch from Notts County to Carlisle United.

Patrick Kluivert is the new coach of Indonesia.

Matty Pattison is now assistant boss of South Shields.

Update:
Another Isak brace

A glittering December that saw him score eight goals and provide two assists in six Premier League games saw Alexander Isak voted the PL Player of the Month.

And the Newcastle striker also collected December's PL Goal of the Month accolade for his magnificent opener at home to Liverpool.

Isak becomes the eighth different Magpie to lift the player award and it's the twelfth time that the title has ended up at SJP:

Sep 1994 Rob Lee
Aug 1995 David Ginola
Nov 1995 Rob Lee
Sep 1998 Alan Shearer
Dec 2002 Alan Shearer
Oct 2003 Alan Shearer
Dec 2011 Demba Ba
Nov 2013 Tim Krul
May 2021 Joe Willock
Oct 2022 Miguel Almiron
Dec 2024 Alexander Isak

The Swede becomes only the second Newcastle player to complete a monthly player and goal double, following on from Miguel Almiron in October 2022.*

Feb 2019 Fabian Schar v Burnley (h)
Oct 2019 Matty Longstaff v Manchester United (h)
Apr 2022 Miguel Almiron v Crystal Palace (h)
Aug 2022 Allan Saint-Maximin v Wolves (h)
Oct 2022 Miguel Almiron v Fulham (a)
Dec 2024 Alexander Isak v Lliverpool (h)

* while the player award dates back to 1994, the goal accolade was only established in 2016 - hence the lack of Alan Shearer (and others) in the latter list. 

2024/25:
Tunnel tussle - 
FA charges

Both Newcastle and Aston Villa were handed FA disciplinary charges arising from an incident in the SJP player's tunnel at half time on Boxing Day.

Both clubs were charged with failing to control their players and/or technical area occupants, with further charges of acting in an improper manner levelled at  Jason Tindall and Villa analyst Victor Manas. 

The clubs had until last Monday (13th) to respond.

2024/25:
Train trouble

Update: March looks no better for rail users, with further engineering work causing diversions and delays across several weekends including the 15th/16th.....

Details online here

Rail disruptions have been confirmed affecting fans travelling to all three of our February PL games:

Sat 01.02.2025 Fulham (h)

The closure of Kings Cross station means that LNER services will start and terminate at Peterborough, where coach transfers to and from Bedford will connect with London St. Pancras trains. Details online here

Sat 15.02.2025 Manchester City (a)

Buses replace Trans-Pennine services between York and Newcastle. Some LNER services will operate between Newcastle and York via an alternative route with extended journey times. Details online here

Sun 23.02.22025 Nottingham Forest (h)

Buses replace trains between York and Newcastle. Some LNER services operate between Newcastle and York, via an alternative route with extended journey times. No Lumos either. Details online here

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